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gluif ists-s stwt @High CLIFTON IIELLEJ, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Letters Patent Nc. 69,665, dated October 8, 1867.

I M'Pnovsn EGGOUP.

A'IPO ALL WHOM- IT MAY CONERN:.

'Y Be it known that I, CLIFTON HELLEN, o'tthe city and county of Washington, District of Columbia., have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg-Cups; and Ido hereby declare that the following is u.v full, clear, and exact description thereof. i I

My invention consists in constructing an egg-cup possessing all the qualities' of an ordinary egg-cup for holdingeggs, and also those of' a tongs for picking up eggs-a quality very desirable in the handling of hot eggs. To do this I construct my cup of two separate sides, each side possessing half of the bowl for holding the egg and half of the base, or two of' thev feet upon which the cup stands, These sides ure connected together at their centre by a hinge, and a bow-spring is inserted between the two sides, at their base, for the purpose of keeping said base or feet apart und pressing the Vtop of the sides together. When it is desired to use the cup, its feet or baselare pressed together by thetingers, which Open the bowl of the cup; thebowl is then placed over an egg' and the base/Or feet allowed to separate', which closes the sides of the bowl On the egg,`thereby grasping and holding it tightly. The cup can then Vbe set on its feet or base on the table, and the egg 'eatemflfom it, or the cup con be held over a glass. and the egg emptied -into it. In either euse the fingers need not touch the egg, and no inconvenience need be experienced from the,r heat of the egg. The following is a description Of the accompar-)ying drswings: A

Figure 1 is e full view of the egg-cup with an egg in it. A A are the sides of the bowl which holds t'he egg; B B are its feet or base. C is -the hinge. which connects the sides together; D is the spring, which presses the feet or base apart; and the sides A A ofthe bowl together. E is the-egg. y

.Figure 2 is a side view of the egg-cup-with an egg inrit.A A is one of the, sides. B B are the feet of the cup. E is the egg, and Hl is a depression betweenfthe feet, by which the cup is held and manipulated.

Figure- 3 is'u 'full view of the egg-cup with the hase' of the sides .rnnning all round instead of being separated into feet. A A are the sides of the bowl, B B the base, C'the connecting hinge, D the spring, and E the egg.

Figure'4 is the springr D.' This .springcan be made either an elliptic, like the one represented in this figure, or a segment cfa circle. y Y

What I claim as my invention, und desire'to secure by Letters Patent, ist An egg-cup, formed of the sides `A A, consisting ofthe bowl for holding thev egg, and the base or feet B B, on which the cup stands, in combination with the hingcC, and spring D, as herein set forth anddescribed. CLIFTON BELLEN.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. McGILr., EUGENE HELLEN. 

